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#3479 From: "Andreas Johansson" <and_yo@...>
Date: Tue Oct 3, 2000 4:18 pm
Subject: Respective?
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>Yes, but not in the sentence put forward. I think it would be no compliment
>using the instrumental (the idea must be to say pretty much the same as
>_hendulyat (nar) vanima_). The eyes in question would be beautiful even if
>there had never been any silmarils. The shining of the eyes is not
>*dependant* on the silmarils. The shining and the light arer 2 Seperate
>events. They can only be linked by an instrumental if it is also an
>adverbial case (a sort of respective) as David Klitz suggested.
>
>Greg
>
What, exactly, is an "respective"? Are there any real-world languages that
have case called "respective", and if yes what function(s) do it fulfil?

Andreas
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